CVE-2025-7778

CRITICAL

9.8

Description

The Icons Factory plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Deletion due to insufficient authorization and improper path validation within the delete_files() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.6.12. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to to delete arbitrary files on the server, which can easily lead to remote code execution when the right file is deleted (such as wp-config.php).

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score9.8

SeverityCRITICAL

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionNONE

Published8/15/2025

Last Modified8/15/2025

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-285

References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/icons-factory/tags/1.6.12/icons-factory.php#L1330(security@wordfence.com)

https://wordpress.org/plugins/icons-factory/#developers(security@wordfence.com)

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/24f31bbf-883f-4903-847a-7bfc3e45654c?source=cve(security@wordfence.com)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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